Perennials For Sun Perennials For Sale In New Orleans

Attracts pollinators and hummingbirds. Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. Our ideal fertilizer schedule for you to use is as follows.

Excellent cut flower. Plants are long-lived, do not need to be divided and can be left undisturbed for years. The spreading clumps form hedges. Older proven variety that's still quite popular! The Peony is an extremely long lived, hardy, shrub-like plant.

They are best planted in full sun in a well-drained area. Although they are short lived, they reseed themselves. The large blooms of Alcea ‘Peaches ‘n Dreams' Hollyhock flower in the summer months.

Border fronts or rock gardens. Site in areas where both the foliage and flowers may be appreciated. Needs good soil drainage to perform well. Site starter plants 8-12” apart for massing as a ground cover.

Pond edges and moist borders welcome these glowing white blooms with a lime-green center to soften bold colors or to compliment pale pinks and blues. In order to meet these somewhat unusual seasonal cultural requirements, plants may be grown in pots that...

Meaning hedgehog or sea-urchin in reference to the spiny center cone found on most flowers in the genus. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened cones may be visited by goldfinches...

Color is brilliant and of even tone with a silky luster. The classic double red Peony, this early-season bloomer produces huge, deep red blooms that are showstoppers in the garden and in bouquets.

These are the showy, colorful parts of a typical flower. Planting Butterfly Weed flowers will increase your chances of attracting butterflies to your garden, especially Monarchs. It is also the larval food source of the Monarch Butterfly.

Salvia Caradonna is a unique cultivar of the reliable genus and species Salvia nemorosa. Remove spent flower spikes to help extend the bloom period. Prefers moist, gravelly or sandy soils with good drainage.

Sweet Kate has brilliant gold foliage that will brighten any shady spot. From the lovely chartreuse foliage to the beautiful bluish purple flowers, this is a ground cover unlike any other.

This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the Coreopsis Moonbeam plant to produce new flowers, keeping your plant looking attractive throughout the season. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after...

Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot.

We highly recommend that you mulch your Achillea Paprika with either ground hardwood mulch or ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability. Any type of mulch will do but cypress or hardwood mulch will be of a higher quality and provide better...

Large variety of color combinations and patterns. Although the foliage is evergreen, it may become scorched and tattered in extremely harsh winters, particularly if not sited in locations protected from cold winter winds and/or insulated by snow cover.

This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the Sedum Autumn Fire plant to produce new flowers, keeping your plant looking attractive throughout the season. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling...

Dianthus Neon Star is a hybrid dianthus that typically grows in an upright rounded mound to 8-12″ tall and to 6-12 inches wide. Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun.

Cutting back will promote new growth, giving you a healthier plant with stronger stems. We highly recommend that you mulch your Amsonia hubrichtii with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability.

The most popular selection of verbena today. Flat-topped clusters of 5-petaled, rose-pink to rose-purple flowers appear atop ascending stems in a long, late spring to late summer bloom.

We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a back-fill soil because more times than not these products will retain entirely to much moisture and will cause the root system to rot.

Flowers acquire pink tones with age. Bloom typically commences in mid to late winter extending into early spring. They are noted for producing single, cup-shaped flowers (typically 2-3” diameter) with five showy, usually overlapping petals (technically...

Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil, much easier than...

Performs well in full sun in the north, but prefers some shade (particularly in the heat of the afternoon) in the south. Sporadic repeat blooms until frost, particularly in autumn.

Deadheading is tedious and probably unnecessary since plants usually do not repeat bloom. To perform best wild geranium prefers partial shade to shade. Flowers give way to distinctive, beaked seed capsules which give rise to the common name of crane's...

Feel free to trim off any brown tips or edges, or spent flowers or flower stalks. 18-24 inch tall and 36 to 45 inches wide. Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants.

Siberian iris is an adaptable plant which tolerates a wide range of soils, including boggy ones, but will generally perform well in average garden soils. Divide plants as needed when overcrowding occurs and decreased flowering is evident.

Tolerates drought. Salvia May Night is easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun. A 1997 Perennial Plant of the year, it thrives in hot sunny sites. Prefers moist, humusy soils with good drainage, but also performs well in...

Seed capsules will float on water which facilitates seed dispersal. Leaves are lobeless or have 3-5 shallow lobes. Alternate, broad-ovate to lanceolate leaves (3-8” long) with toothed margins are green above and white-hairy beneath.